WGD10103

INTERPERSONAL
SKILLS
COMMUNICATION
BARRIERS
 (1) PHYSICAL BARRIERS (2) PERCEPTUAL BARRIERS

(3) EMOTIONAL BARRIERS (4) CULTURAL BARRIERS

(5) LANGUAGE BARRIERS (6) GENDER BARRIERS

(7) INTERPERSONAL
BARRIERS
 (1) PHYSICAL BARRIERS
ENVIRONMENT

Heat might cause physical

discomfort – easily caused Noisy and crowded place - you may
you to be disinterested in not be able to clearly listen to the
the conversation speaker
DISTANCE

staff in an organization are made to

sit in different buildings or different
floors, they might have to substitute
face to face communication with
phone calls or emails

lead to a lack of effective

communication
PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Hearing problem

Conversation can be hampered

 (2) PERCEPTUAL BARRIERS
• The problem with communicating with others is that
we all see the world differently

Kind, loving… Lazy,

Mr. irresponsible…
Jonathan???
 (3) EMOTIONAL BARRIERS
• comprised mainly of fear, mistrust and
suspicion

• excessive fear of what others might think of us

can stunt our development as effective
communicators
 (4) CULTURAL BARRIERS
• People coming from different countries may not
find comfort in communicating or coordinating
easily with one another.
• When people from different countries come
together, their way of thinking varies.
• Owing to the difference in their cultural
backgrounds, there is a difference in their
upbringing, due to which there's a difference in
their views and beliefs
Different
culture
 (5) LANGUAGE BARRIERS
• Language is one cultural barrier that is
observed in people coming from different
parts of the world
• Many of us hesitate to communicate with a
foreigner because we are unable to
understand his language or accent
• For example, An Asian may not feel
comfortable talking to an Australian, owing to
his/her heavy English accent
¡Hola! வணக்க
ம்
 Anemia…
Cardiac enzymes… Defendant…
Deep vein thrombosis… Plaintiff …
Hypothermia… Res Judicata…
Pro Se…
 (6) GENDER BARRIERS
• A woman speaks between 22,000 and 25,000
words a day whereas a man speaks between
7,000 and 10,000

• In childhood, girls speak earlier than boys and

at the age of three, have a vocabulary twice
that of boys
• a man talks in a linear, logical and compartmentalised way,
features of left-brain thinking
• whereas a woman talks more freely mixing logic and emotion,
features of both sides of the brain
 (7) INTERPERSONAL BARRIERS
• what ultimately keep us from reaching out to
each other and opening ourselves up, not just to
be heard, but to hear others
• Some people spend their entire lives attempting
to overcome a poor self-image or a series of
deeply rooted prejudices about their place in the
world.
• they are unable to form genuine connections
with people because they have too many false
perceptions blocking the way